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Phone: (520) 621-9340
email: wow@email.arizona.edu
Open Reading Hours: Monday through Friday – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Dream Freedom

Examines the modern day problem of slavery in Sudan while telling the story of how a group of American students fought to get this problem known and raise funds to help free those Dinka and Nuba tribe members already captured and working there.

Published: 2000,
Tags: Religion
Categories: AfricaAfrica, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Africa, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic FictionAfrica, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction, Sudan

Welcome Back Sun

During ‘murketiden,’ the dark months between September and March, a Norwegian girl and her family try to hasten the arrival of spring.

Published: 1993,
Tags: Family, Seasons, Sun, Winter
Categories: EuropeEurope, FictionEurope, Fiction, NordicEurope, Fiction, Nordic, NorwayEurope, Fiction, Nordic, Norway, Picture BookEurope, Fiction, Nordic, Norway, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

Colibri

Kidnapped when she was very young by an unscrupulous man who has forced her to lie and beg to get money, a twelve-year-old Mayan girl endures an abusive life, always wishing she could return to the parents she can hardly remember.

Published: 2003,
Tags: Economic conditions, Politics
Categories: AmericasAmericas, FictionAmericas, Fiction, GuatemalaAmericas, Fiction, Guatemala, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Moominvalley In November

Winter’s approach brings six friends together in Moominvalley where, in the Moomins’ absence, they must visit with each other.

Published: 2003,
Tags: Friendship, visiting, Winter
Categories: FantasyFantasy, FinlandFantasy, Finland, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Fantasy, Finland, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Sweden

The Cat Who Walked across France

After his owner dies, a cat wanders across the countryside of France, unable to forget the home he had in the stone house by the edge of the sea.

Published: 2004,
Tags: Friendship, Identity, Love stories
Categories: Early Years (ages 2-6)Early Years (ages 2-6), EuropeEarly Years (ages 2-6), Europe, FictionEarly Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fiction, France

Bring Me The Head Of Oliver Plunkett

When the head of Saint Oliver Plunkett is stolen from Drogheda Cathedral, Eddie and his gang use their wits to search for the relic while trying to outsmart the town’s most notorious criminal.

Published: 2004,
Tags: Heroes, Knights and knighthood
Categories: EuropeEurope, FictionEurope, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Europe, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Ireland

The African Mask

Twelve-year-old Layo, a Yoruba girl living in the area of eleventh-century Africa which is now Nigeria, attempts to reject the man who has been chosen to be her husband.

Published: 1994,
Tags: Birds
Categories: AfricaAfrica, Historical FictionAfrica, Historical Fiction, NigeriaAfrica, Historical Fiction, Nigeria, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

El Chino

A biography of Bill Wong, a Chinese American who became a famous bullfighter in Spain.

Published: 1990,
Categories: Biography - Autobiography- MemoirBiography - Autobiography- Memoir, EuropeBiography - Autobiography- Memoir, Europe, Primary (ages 6-9)Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, Europe, Primary (ages 6-9), Spain

Kodomo: Children Of Japan

A lively introduction to the world of Japanese children draws on interviews with seven youngsters from Hiroshima and Kyoto to describe their education, sports, families, and many other activities, both traditional and modern.

Published: 1995,
Tags: Ghosts and spirits
Categories: AsiaAsia, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Asia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), JapanAsia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Japan, Nonfiction

Tersias The Oracle

Jonah, a young thief, and his friends and Tersias, a twelve-year-old boy who channels prophesies, become embroiled in the machinations of a magician, a politician, and a false prophet, as well as in the magic of a strange alabaster box.

Published: 2005,
Tags: Grandfathers
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FantasyEngland (UK), Europe, Fantasy, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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